Hog-oiler.



E. SIPE. HOG OILER.

APPLICATION HLED JULY 5.191]- BRU E nsrrn, or I-IIAWATHA, KANSAS.

' Jmam To allwhowm't mag concern: 1

Be it known that I, BRUCE E. SIPE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hiawatha, in the county of Brown and state of Kansas, haveinvented certain-new and useful Improvements in Hog-Oilers, of which thefollowing is a specification. I

This invention relates to hog. oilers of that class providing aroughened and oil coatedsurface for hogs to rub against and my object isto produce a device of this character against which a hog can rub andreceive an application of oil upon practically any part of hisbodyl- Afurther object is to produce an oiler which will serve several animalssimultaneously, and back into which will drainall surplus oil raisedthrough the operation of'the oiler by the hogs.

A stillfurther object is to produce a simple, strong, durable andinexpensive oiler, which canbe shipped in knock-downcondition and easilyand quickly set up by an unskilled. person.

WVith these objects in view the invention consists in certain novel andpeculiar features ofconstruction and organization of partsas hereinafterdescribed and claimed, and in order that it may be fullyunderstoodreference is tobe had to the accompanying drawing inwhich: V

Figure 1, is a perspective view of an oiler tion.

'Fig. 2, is a section of the oiler on the l ne IIII of Fig. 1, but showsone of the parts omitted from Fig. 1 y V Fig. 3, is a section onthe lineIIIIII of Fig. 1, but shows in place a part omitted fromFigl. W

Fig. 4, is a section on the line IVIV of FigJ'Q.

Fig. 5, is a fragmentary side view of the oiler. a i

In the said drawing, 1 indicates a substantially T-shaped receptaclewith the ends of the head portion thereof and the lower end of the stemportion preferably rounded as shown by Fig. 1, and projecting from theends of the head and the lower end of the stem portion are perforatedlugs 2 through which stakes or other securing devices, not shown, may bedriven to hold the oiler to the ground or upon a platform, not shown.

The side walls of the stem portion of the receptacle are preferablyrecessed at their upper edges as at 3 to provide shoulders fac- Sp epificationbf Iiet tersgl atent.

Patented Jan. 8,

Application filed July 5, 1917/ Serial No. 179,058. 7

ing toward the head portion of the receptacle, and th'e said headportion is provided in line with the stem portion, with an 'upwardlyprojecting ear 4- having an inwardly projecting angular lug 5.

Near the ends of recesses 3 most remote from the head portion of thereceptacle, the side walls of the stem portion are formed with internalsockets 6 and with bolt holes 7;centrally of the lower ends of saidsockets, the side walls being preferably increased in thickness whereprovided with said sockets by the external ribs 8.

At a suitable height one of the walls of'the receptacle is provided withan overflow opening 9 communicating with a vertical passage formedwithin thereceptacle by a vertical partition-10, the said partitionterminating short of the bottom of the receptacle, so-that a liquidpouredin the -receptacle shall have access to said passage at the lowerend thereof. 1

a 11 is a coverbridging the stem portion of the receptacle and fittingon the recessed portions of the walls thereof. Atone end the cover bearsagainst the said shoulders,

and between said shoulders is recessedor' bifurcated as at 12, for apurpose which hereinafter appears. I At its opposite end the cover isprovided with an upstanding ear l3 having an angular lug 1 1 oppositeand in alinement with the lug 5. The cover is provided centrally with abolthole 15, and-to secure the cover firmly in place a bolt 16 extendsthrough said bolt hole and screwsv into a lug 17 formed on the bottom ofthe receptacle.

18 is a sleeve bridging the head of the receptacle and fitting at itsends over the lugs 5 and 1 1, and bearing against the ears 4 and 13 soas'to be clamped therebyagainst rotation, there being sufiicientresiliency in said ears to clamp the'sleeve 'fir ml'y'in place.

' Journaled upon the sleeve 18 is a hollow wheel 19 which depends intothe oil in the receptacle, the wheel essentially comprising a pair ofsimilar concave disks having in wardly projecting hubs abutting togetherendwise, and each disk member is provided preferably with concentriccorrugations 20, and with radial corrugations 21. These corrugationsprovide roughened surfaces upon which a hog may rub and also serve aschan nels for raising oil from the receptacle as the wheel is turned toapply it to the part of the hog in contact with the wheel, and

infthis connection it Will be noted that the members of the wheel arecapable of rotation in opposite directions simultaneously,

and that consequently two hogs may con: veniently .rub upon the saidwheelyone standing at one side of the head of the receptacle,andtheother perhaps standing crosswise of the stem portiontof thereceptacle, and in this connection it will be noticed that any surplusoil raised by the: Wheel will flow back into the receptacle.

' A similar smaller wheel 22, is journaled on asleeve 23 extending.across the stem portion of the receptacle and fitting at itsends in thesockets 6, and extending through the-perforations 7 and said sleeve, andclamping the same firmly in, position is a bolt 2d, engaged Lat. one'endby a nut ;In this connection it will benoted by reference to Fig. 3 thatthe Wheel 22 is of elliptic form in'cross section and conformssubstantially to the rounded end of the stem portion, of the re:

a, ceptacle and to the bifurcation 12 in the adthe receptacle. 7

i In preparing the oiler for useit is desirable to first charge thereceptacle with sulficient water to submergethe lower end of thepartition 10.; Oil will then be poured into the receptacle, and as itsvolume increases it will'lower the level of the water in the bottom ofthe receptacle and raise the level of the water in the passage formed bythe par tition. The parts are so proportioned that before the oil canoverflow the sides of the receptacle,"water will'begin to run out oftheo-verfioivopening 9, and when this occurs 7 the chargingvofthereceptaclewith oil is completed r After-the quantity of oil'hasappreciably diminished through the use of the oiler by hogs, the personin chargewill replenish the flopies of ithis patent may be obtained forreceptacle with oil, and when the same is substantially full attentionwill be calledto the fact'by' the overflow of water through opening 9.It will thus be seen that a single charge of water will lastindefinitely, as practically the only loss outside of the loss byevaporation is that incidental to the 1. A hog-oiler, comprising aT-shaped recepta'cle, having a pair of shoulders facing the head portionand formed on the sides of the stem portion and with an upstanding earonthe opposite side of'th'e head portion from the stem portion, a, coversecured'on the stem portionadjacent the head portion and fitting-at oneend against said .shoulders and provided at the opposite end 'Withanupstaridingiear, said ears havingfalined lugs, a V sleeve fitting onsaid lugs and clamped in placeibetween said-ears, and a w heel'journ'aled on 5 said, sleeve and depend ing into the head portion oft-hereceptacle. 2. A hog-Voiler, comprising aifluid receptacle having arounded end, a cover secured on said receptacle and provided with aconcave, bifurcation "facing the curvedend of the receptacle; saidreceptacle having :interv nal, sockets in its opposite i walls betweensaid curved end and cover, a sleeve fitting atits ends in said recesses,a bolt extending through said sleeve and the socketwvalls of thereceptacle and clamping the sleeve firmly in place, and aroughened Wheeljournaled onsaid sleeve andconforming substantially in cross section tothe opening produced by the rounded end of the receptacle. andbifurcated end of the cover. 2 H 'L' In testimony whereof, I affix mysignature;

' BRUCE (E7, sIPE;

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, w'Washington,D.'0.- V i

